Oil shocks, migration and European integration: a (Trans)national perspective on the Yugoslav crises of the 1980s

The extensive Yugoslav economic migration and presence of Yugoslav ethnic minorities in Western Europe, as well as the interaction of this migration with the Yugoslav crisis of the 1980s, remain under-researched. This article sets out to offer a modest contribution on this neglected topic. It argues...

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Published inNational identities Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 463 - 484
Main Author Bernard, Sara
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 20.10.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Accession
Alp-Adria region
Complaints
Crises
EEC migration policies
Ethnic groups
Ethnicity
Ethnonationalism
European integration
Migration
Minority groups
Nationalism
oil shocks
Petroleum
Political development
Slovenian nationalism
Transnationalism
Yugoslav 1980s crisis
Yugoslav economic migration
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Summary:The extensive Yugoslav economic migration and presence of Yugoslav ethnic minorities in Western Europe, as well as the interaction of this migration with the Yugoslav crisis of the 1980s, remain under-researched. This article sets out to offer a modest contribution on this neglected topic. It argues that short-distance transnational communities and short-term migration were already at the centre of grievances articulated on ethno-nationalist grounds in the early 1980s. It links these grievances to the different impact of the two oil shocks and the process of European integration on each Yugoslav republic, differences which contributed to the crisis of federal unity.
ISSN:1460-8944
1469-9907
DOI:10.1080/14608944.2018.1498471